Definitions for Sievert

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Sievert sie·vert

Spelling: [see-vert]

IPA: /ˈsi vərt/

Sievert is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 186 anagrams from letters in Sievert (eeirstv).

Definitions for Sievert

noun

1. the standard unit in the International System of Units (SI) of dose equivalent having the same biological effect as one joule of x-rays per kilogram of recipient mass (or one gray): Abbreviation: Sv.

Origin of Sievert

named in honor of Swedish radiologist Rolf Maximilian Sievert (1896-1966)

Examples for Sievert

sievert Nielsen, whom I have mentioned elsewhere, was the fourth of my men.

Compressed air or steam is also used for fashioning very large vessels, baths, dishes and reservoirs by the “sievert” process.